From the seed of the Foy stories 10 years ago, to meticulous editing and revisions, it’s so great to see all the hard work coming together – Gordon Atkinson‘s talented writing, Paul Soupiset‘s phenomenal cover design, and Catherine Moroney‘s amazing video skills. It has taken a village to bring this book to life! Check out the book trailer…
What does your Tuesday morning look like? Perhaps you spend it wading through the weeds of your inbox, sipping on disappointingly-lukewarm coffee. Maybe you attend a series of meetings, or ready the kids for school in a flurry of lunchboxes and carpool lines. In any case, it’s unlikely you devote Tuesday mornings to meditation,…
A contributing editor of Texas Monthly magazine, Prudence Mackintosh is a popular author and public speaker, whose commentary on family life, schooling, Texas women, and Dallas architecture has also appeared in such magazines and newspapers as McCall’s, Ladies Home Journal, Redbook, D Magazine, Parenting, and the Dallas Morning News. Her books include Thundering Sneakers, Retreads,…
One of the fun things about going to a conference of book publishers (IBPA) is meeting people. Kate Tews from Opsimath Press was the sort that introverts like me love. She sat right down with Jen and me at the Epic! sponsored breakfast and immediately started spouting great ideas she has used to promote her…
When we (Jen, my assistant, and I) went to a Publishing University (run by IBPA) in Austin, the first official event was a Breakfast sponsored by Epic!. The speaker was Dr. Loriene Roy who gave a brief address about diversity in children’s publishing. She is Anishinabe, enrolled on the White Earth Reservation, and a member…
David Reed, the newly consecrated Episcopal Bishop Coadjurer of West Texas, was honored at St. John’s New Braunfels at an elegant dinner. (Thank you, Ben Nelson – so cute with his flowing locks). Also, in attendance was PB Katharine Jefferts Schori and her husband, Richard. I was fortunate to have a meaningful conversation with the…
I publish books so if you read this blog regularly you will hear about the books I publish but I also plan to highlight books in general that deserve some attention. People who read fascinate me so I will write about books, people who, like me, love to read, authors I find interesting and any…
Cuernavaca, the “City of Eternal Springtime,” serves as Raymundo Gonzalez’s blank canvas from which he paints and draws what he sees: a mix of Spanish and Indian cultures, fiestas, traditions, myths, and colors. His art captures these cultural images beautifully, giving the viewer a taste of both reality and fantasy. Gonzalez depicts the real side…
A gifted guide who teaches from her heart as well as her head, Jane has a deft ability to take events and metaphors that others overlook and use them to show how the common is truly holy. Previous to her role at The WorkShop, Jane was the Interim Director of Theological Field Education at the…
Americana music fans do a double take when Ben Bowen King starts playing. Walking on stage with a resonator guitar and a slide on his pinkie finger, people expect to hear the “country blues” of Robert Johnson or Charlie Patton. But when King starts playing there aren’t any songs about hellhounds or deals with the…
